An optional dinner precedes each lecture at 6:00 pm at the MBL’s Swope Center. Tickets are $30 (including a choice of two entrees with dessert. Cash bar for beer and wine.) Tickets must be purchased in advance at the MBL Communications Office, 127 Water Street, Woods Hole, or at Eight Cousins Bookstore, Main Street, Falmouth. Dinner tickets are available until they sell out or until 5 PM on the Tuesday prior to the event. For more information, contact the MBL Communications Office at (508) 289-7423 or comm@mbl.edu.